Steve Vai - Blue Powder Chords & Tabs

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BLUE POWDER (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Vai
(From the 1990 Album PASSION AND WARFARE)

Transcribed by Julien 777
	

Music by Steve Vai
Arranged by Steve Vai

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Stu Hamm 1'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Stu Hamm 2'

  Q=60        Q=120            Q=60
 4/4                      9/8   4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx20          Wx19       W     Wx9
|-------------|----------|-----|--------|
|-------------|----------|-----|--------|
|-------------|----------|-----|--------|
|-------------|----------|-----|--------|


  Q=120
  Q     E S E S S S S e S   E  s S S S s S E S e S E
|---------x---5h7-------5-|-x--5---------------------|
|-----------------0-5h7---|------7p5-5s7---------x---|
|-----------0-------------|--------------5h7-3h5-----|
|-------------------------|------------------------2-|


                          Q
                          G
       ~~~~~~~~~~~
  H    H      +H     H
|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|
|-0----3----|-(3)---------|


 =120
 tr II
         T  T     T     T  T           T  T     T     T  T
   |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------14-17-14----------------------14-17-14-----------|
|----14----19----------17----14----14----19----------19----14--|
|-12----19----------------17----12----19----------------17-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


         T  T     T     T  T           T  T     T     T  T
   |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|  |---5----|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-------------14-19-14----------------------14-21-14-------|
|----14----19----------19----14----14----19----------21----|
|-12----19----------------17----12----19----------------17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/blue_powder_btab.html ]
  W          H    H
|----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|
|-8--------|-8---------|
|----------|------3----|


  Gtr I
  E S S S S S S S e S e S S   +S  s s S s S S s S e S S S E
|-----x---x---x-5h7---------|-----5-x-5-x-5-----------------|
|---x---x---x-------5h7-----|---------------7p5-------------|
|-----------------------5h7-|-(7)---------------5h7-5h7-x-2-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|


                           Q=60
                             Gtr II
        |3-|     |-3-|
  H    +Q  H    +H   Q +H    W
|-------------|------------|------*|
|-------------|------------|------*|
|-3----(3)-3--|-(3)--3-(3)-|------*|
|-------------|------------|-1----*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths